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VOL. LVI.—NO. 34 The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any MONDAY, NORWICH, CONN., Other Paper, and its Total Circulation Fenunnv 9, 1914 is the Largest in Connecticut m I’ropornon to the cltys Populataon PRICE TWO CENTS EVERYBOOY ABOARD TRAIN PERISHED Eight Americans Known to Have Been Victims of Mexican Bandits’ Fiendish Work COLLIDED WITH BURNING CARS IN A TUNNEL Division of Op;fiun as to Whether Bandit Intended to Des- troy Lives—Rescuers Find Only Charred Bones and But- tons—Wife and Five Children of American Engineer Said to be Among Victims—Rebels to Punish Offenders conference with President Wilson at the White House tonight, Secretary Brvan announced that assurances had Deen received from General Francisco YVilia of his intention to protect Span- ish subjects when he attacks Torreon. Word also was received from. the Washington, K S—All those abe the ill-fated passenger train which collided with the seven burning cars at Cumbre tunnel appear to have perished. They inciuded at least eight Americans and thirty Mexicans, ac- cording to a despatch from American Consul Letcher at Chihuahua to the | constitutionalist general of his inten- | state department tonight. The des. | tion to assist in every way possible in Dateh, which was dated today, gave | fXing the responsibility for the trage- | fnformation brought by persons who | 4y at Cumbre tunnel. on the Mexico | L arrived from Madera, the Northwestern railroad, in which sev- | nearest point to the tunmel. If said | eval Americans were suffocated. the Americans known o have been| General Villa has complied with the | aboard the train and whose bodies | request of the state department that a | were being sought by afrellef party | Kuard of soldlers accompany the par- | included i ty, comx:osed mostlyt(r)‘r .A;n:x;;cemsr, L ‘2 h Haie intend to recover the bodles of the | ho had ordered American Consul i wards at Juarez to send a special mes senger with the party to report on the Northwestern Railroad at C. H. Marders, express agent | racts of the affair. g Henry " Schofield, superintendent, |~ Constitutionalists here say Maximo sponsi- Castillo, who is charged with i { | £ { rule for Ireland Cabled Paragraphs _World's Endurance Record Broken. Munich, Germany, Feb. 8.—The avi- ator, Ingold, today broke the world record for an endurance flight. He re- mained in the air for 16 hourse and minutes and covered a distance esti- mated at 1,050 miles, without landing. Suffragists Burn Widow's Hou: Inverness, Scotland, Feb. 8 —An “ar- son squad” of militant suffragettes yesterday set fire to and destroyed Hazelbank, house, a Highland resi- dence in Tomatin, sixteen miles from here. The house belonged to a widow. ° Moscow Report Denied. Moscow, Feb. 8.—The report that 40 persons were suffocated by sas here vesterday and that all but a few of cm were dead is erroneous. Persons number of about 3 gas a week ago, , were overcome b: Dbut all recovered. Christabel Pankhurst's Statement. London, Feb, 8.—A statement issued by Christabel Pankhurst, the militant suffragette leader, and made public here today, says the secession from the Women's Soclal and Political union of her sister wili bring about no change in the policy of the union. New Scheme to Beat Home Rule. London, Feb, §.—It is reported t the latest unionist device to force dissolution of parliament and thus de- at the measure providing for home is for the house of lords to reject the annuel army budget bill. If this were done, the army would cease to exist and the Rovernment would be compelled to appeal to the country |A NEW DANGE TO BE KNOWN AS “TRUE TANGO.” Paris Dancing Masters To ed Evolution. invent A K. 1. Hatfield, business manager, Bl i pility for the tunnel-accident, is an i | - Paso, Texs. ! responsible bandit. with a small follow- | Paris §—Defenders of the tango Thomas M. Eelly. eonductor | ing. recognizing neither Fuerta nor|are planning a rally in Paris to retur L Morris, roadmaster. | Carranza. He was the trusted body- | the firt of adfectives with which they L. B Williams, employe Madera | guard of Madero when the latter took | have been denounced. The occasion Lumber Company. | the field against Diaz and members of | Will be the annual meeting of the In- J, W. Webster, conductor in charge | the constitutionalist agency here claim | ternational Academy of Dancing Mast- 2 | his present outlawry is the result of |ers, which has been called for April o feCutcheon, engineer. | insanity. They say he will be sum- |12 to 13, and the return fire be in bout thirty other persons, includ- | marily deait with by Villa if captured. | the form of polite resolutions ofmpro- e unknown Americans, were [ The announcement that General Vil- | test. If unsuccessful with this meas- ard. la would protect Spanish subjects in|ure to induce the Catholic church to Train Collided With Burning Cars. | his invasion of Torreon brought relief remove the official bans on the new Frem American Consul Bdwerds ot | to ofticials here,who had been swamped | dances, the Academy proposes to com- Juares came the information that Vies | With petitions and representations on |Promise by inventing » new dance Consul Zoeller hiad left with a special | Dehalf of the threatened Spaniards. based on the tango movement. relief train for Cumbre tunnel, with | Urgent representations had been made | which no exception could possibi about thirty Americans and a guard | to Villa by Consul Edwards at the in- | taken,” and to call it the of fifty constitutionalist soldlers, They | Stance of the American government. | go. £ took many coffing with them 4% they | Secretary Bryan said tonight that ear- | There is no evidence that the clergy ad little hiope of finding alive any of | 1Y despatches to the effect that Villa | will be moved with any resolutions of the passcergors or crewe of the teain. had intended to execute all Spaniards |the dancing masters, or accept any Zdwirde added ihat it had becy | Were not confirmed. It is understood | compromise based on the Tango move- ositively eciublished in the latest tol. | that Villa’s warning was directed | ment. 3 cgrams received from near the scene | Chiefly against Spaniards who were The pastoral letter of Cardinal Ba- of the disasier that the {rain sas pot | aCtively assisting Huerta. The state |silo Pomlll vicar-general of Rome, heid up _or way disturbed he | department, however, regards its latest | has been taken in many quarters e handits before it entered fhe tuns | assurances’us satisfactory and feels (a straientaway papal bun, and- the nel and that it was also known that Pthat all Svanfards will be safe. | emphatic way In which Cardinal the bandits hud departed aboct tare ! It 18 regarded as possible, however, |Wmette, the Archbishop of Paris has hours before the train entered he | that the Spanish legation at Mexleo | characterized the new dance as a sin, south end of the tunnel. Seven stoek = Citv Will advise Spaniards at Torreon has left little room for compromise ars had been set on fire af the north O refrain from acling in-any way.as cnd, which ignited the timbers. in the | €ombatants in the revolution. Tunnel and it os the supmosition ae | Word was received here today that Those mear the seens that he ot o€ | Charles Myers Dobson, an American, ger train collided with the burning | formerly & hewspaperman, had been ears. The consul safd oplion was | imprisoned @t Torreon, and Secretary divided as to whether the bandits in- | Pryan promptly despaiched a request tended to destroy lives {1):\' S n to s \memcn conaul Punishment Expected . — Sectetary Bryan was bus® at the OIL CONFISCATED. tate department all messages of inguiry Americans and telegraphing inatruc- tions to the nearest consuls. The ad- )ices were shown to President Wilson. day answering concerning the Supply for Mexican Railway Demand- ed by Federal Officer. There is confidence at the st e | _Vera Cruz Feb. The straits to partment that the tonsntutie tes | which the Mexican government is re- Wil do everything posdble to panien | Quced for facl with which to continue the offenders s B | the operation of the national raliway lines is shown by the commandeering this morning of practically the whole fuel oil supply of Vera Cruz thus threatening the speedy suspension of I traffic between this city the capital. The government last night sent a train of 18 oil cars, with a capacity of 12,000 gallons each, to Vera Cruz. This morning an officer at the head of 2 squad of troops made a formal de- | mand on the agent of the Aguila com- pany to surrender all the ofl in its Possession. The agent replied that the oil had already been sold to the M way, which is a British corporation, and 'was told that it was immatertal to hom the oil belonged. in charge of the pumps refused to fill the oll tanks and was arrested. Later CHARRED BONES FOUND. Probal ty That Nobody Escaped Alive, on Train Cumbre, Chihuahua, Mexico, Feb, . ~Nothing but charred bones and but- tons were found by the resouing par- tv which, with the aid of oxygen hel- mets and pulmotors succeeded in pen- etrating the Cumbre tunnel today from the south portal as far as the locomotive and first two cars of the Dpassenger train. These are supposed to have been the bodies of the engi- neer and fireman. They probably were killed when their engine crash- ed into the burning freight train which had been pushed into the tunnel by Castillo's bandits several hours before, it is said. It is now helieved that every one of the fifty or more passengers, inolud- ing the crew, whicih were aboard the train_when it dashed into the tunnel last Wednesday night, are degd and whether the train was burried into the tunnel o escape being captured v Castillo’s bandits or sent headlong to its destruction by the bandits may mever be Lnewn. Fntrance from the ®orth portal will not be possible until row night at - the order. re now remains in Vera C: only a six days’ supply of oil for the operation of the Mexican and Inter- oceanic railways and there is no pros pect of receiving more oil from Tam- Dico. Under the circumstances it is believed it wiil be impossible to main- tain communication with Mexico City | beyond the end of the week, except in the case of trains for government ser vice. It is asserted that the mext move of . _at the carliest and | the Mexican government will be to robably not uniil the next day as the ze the locomotives and rolling stock avy timbering is still urning. of the Mexican government railway to replace the engines and cars recently destroyed in the north. to quickly transform oil burning loco- motives into coal burners, but there is practically no coal in the counfry. It is reported, apparently on the hest of that a decree has been pre- pared and only awaits the president’s signature, doubling the dnties on all imports from the United States. The United States cruiser Des Moines arrived here today. After coal ing, she wiil proceed to Tampico. MAY NOT TAKE TORREON. Doubt Expressed as to Ability of Reb. els to Capture Gity. Train Brakeman's Body Found. The rescuing party which went in at the south end today found its way greatly impeded by not only the iron framework of the burned cars, but by | reat masses of earth and rock which | as falfien from the roof of the tun- nel. Rock is still falling, making ex-~ ploration dangerous, and there is a €onstant fear that other lives may be ded to those already lost by cave- 5 after the rescuers have penetrated | e tunnel for some distance. The wreckage s now covered By from five to ten feet of carth, and the | only hope of finding any bodies is that they have been covered with n reacied by jndging from the i¥ not probable as whole distance traverscd of the. woodwork of all burned was found. The only ognizable body thus far recovered that of Juan Fernandez, the rear arakeman of the passenger train, who ad_escaped to within 200 fect of {he o City, Feb. 8.—President Hu- succeeded past weel, iout much fighting in recvening communication and between This apparent advanis explained to some extent by the the rebels have received instructions to al when Suc- | ccase operating in small bands in cumbed, dy in . posture | tnose districts. where they had been h o handkerehief apout his | persistently cutting the lines, and join pose and mouth in endeavor | the concentration movements, near to s smothered | orreon, the middle districts and about Tampico on the Guif coast. The indications are that there will be a lull in the military operations until the rebels have supplied themselves with additional arms and ammunition, which are now available United States, and that when Generals Carranza and Villa and other rebel leaders have completed their prepara- tions for an advance several jmportant engagements will be fought. The most intere: the most dangerous ! comparatively close to the capital is | that directed by cisco Lucas, popularly called “The Pa- | triarch of the Sierra Indians” These Indians control a large area fo the | north and east of the capita Secretary Bryan Receives Assurances | most part in the state of Puebla from General Villa. are well equipped = jermined to do- thelr share in the com Washingion, ¥ ing operations. They have received the particle s # ot ihe is Sultillo and Torreon. e 1orth I frin ca vain g a wve himself from «mo Amer: It i board ce and gas. an Loses Entire Family. elieved that all the otbers on the (riin, who were no{ muimed or killed when the p nge train ran into t wreckage of the {reight atiempicd 1o cscape as did Fernundez, but were overcome, one by one, nndf their bodies probably will be found | strewn along the tunnel when en- | trance is finaily forced and the debris eleared away. [ Among the Americans who lost their fives were: Mrs. Lee Carraih and | five children, family of sn engineer employed at Meders. SPANIARDS WILL BE SAFE. ‘ 1 | | .8 After an hour It is possibie | an rail- | The engineer | he was released but was compelled to | | along the line of any of the “wriggly dances. The result of the stand tak- {en by the church has been viewsd o Seriously by the dancing masters as | unwarranted interference that test uits for damage against some of the clergy are pending, and if successful they doubtless would be followed by many such cases A NEW PORTUGUESE CABINET SELECTED. Headed by Machado, One of Revolu- tionary Leaders. Lisbon, Feb. 8—Bernardino Mercha- do, recently ambassador to Brazil, at the request of the president has form- ed a cabinet to replace the ministry headed by Dr. Costa, which resigned on January 2 Premier, minister of the.interior and temporarily, minister of foreign affairs Bernardino Machado himself will serve Senor Machado was one of the most active leaders. in the republican revo- lution. He is very wealthy Everybody-to-Church at Columbus. Columbus, 0., Feb. 8.—As a result of a two weeks' campaign conducted by clergymen and newspapers for Go-lo Church Sunday, attendance at all the principal churches of this city was greatly increased today. Al the morn ing servic erage attendance was virtually doubled. e for_Congressmen. Ieb, §.—Memo: were delive in the house the late Representatives RoddenLerry of Georgis, and Wil Wilder of Massachusetts. A liam H, among. m a force of about 200 norihern rebels,who serve to link their movement with that conducted by General Carranza. President Huerta Torreon and 4,000 Tampico the federal proximately 2,000, and always there re- mains the waterway from Vera Cru: to reinforce Tampico. Huerta has de- clared that he will continue to send 00ps_to Torreon until the garrison there numbers at Jeast 10,000. Military men profess to believe that there is much doubt about the ability of the rebels to take Torreon, ever after they obtaln ammunition. Many has 6,000 men at Monterey. A garrison is ap. t t Iy to be checked in _their moyement 10 were sieeping in a building, to the | \Husband Held | | taking polson. as Accessory GIRL CONFESSED TO MURDER OF HIS WIFE WANTED TO MARRY HIM Murderess Dies After Taking Poison —Accused Man Denies That He Had Knowledge of the Girl's Intention. Japanese Feel Mure Friendly LAST WEEK’'S EVENTS PLEASING TO TOKIO MANN AMAZES THEM Ignoring of Partisanship on ue of Asiatic Exclusion a Revelation to Nippons—New Treaty Proposed. Newark, J., tonight charged Charl with murder in connection with the slaying of his wife, Harriet, in her mother’s home on Friday night. Man- ning had been in jall, officially not un- der arrest, since last night. hours befo) by the police, twenty-vear-old Hazel Herdman, who was infatnated with Manning, had died in a hospital after It was she, who, heav- ily velled, shot and killed Mrs, Man- ning because, she declared, on her deathbed, Mrs. Manning had refused to get a divorce from her husband whom Miss Herdman wished to mar- 1y, claiming that Manning was the fa- ther of her year-old baby An Element of Mystery. Manning now is gecused as an ac- cessory to the murder, both before and Feb, §—The police I Mannivg after the fact. He will be arraigned in court tomorrow morning. An eiement of mystery again enter- ed the case tonight, the authorities re- fusing to disclose " the identity of voung man and two YOUNE Wom Who “had been questioned at police headquarters for hours before Man- ning was formally placed under ar- rest. Detectivas, after an afternoon conference in Manning's cell, left b riedly in automobtles, returning later with the three persons, whom they brought before Manning. Police Chief's Statement. 'he chief of police late tonight said When Manning was here Frid: night he knew then that Miss Herd- man had killed Mrs. Manning. That s all T care to say of the matter now.” Manning, when questioned Friday night, after his wife's death, insisted he did not know the identity of her ver. Denies Knowledge of Girl's Plan. \fanning reiterated in a statement to | that he knew nothing of the Herd- intention to kill his wife and destroy herself. Mrs. Manning's mother and sister talked with Man- ning in his cell in the presence of the authorities. A stenographer was called in. The police maintained secrecy re- garding this_conferen Fugerals of the two d be héld tomorrow afternoon. Manning today ,arranged for the burial of hi wife. “The body of Miss Herdman was claimed by her father, Arthur J. Herd- man, an innkeeper. GOLDEN JUBILEE OF KNIGHTS OF PYTHIA Reception by President, Address by Bryan and Others. man _girl's d women wi A few ! he was taken in charge | Washington, Feb. S.—Notable im- provement in the relations between the United States and Japan is believed to have resulted from the events in the house of representatives last week con- nected with the passage of the Burnett immigration bill. Reports from Tokio indicate that a profound impression was caused in the Japanese capital not | only by the refus.l of the house to include in the bil’ the prop bition against #.e entry of Japanese into the Unitg/ /States but even more by the non-p.fisan appeal of Repre- sentative Mann. Non-Partisanship a Revelation. The demonstration of the fact that In dealing with such large matters of international importunce Americans nd ready to ignore mere party cc erations and that there is no rea- sonable ground for expecting a differ- eut viewpoint on international affairs to result from a change in the political ast of the administration is said to have been something of a revelation.” Japanese Statesmen Pleased. | The Japanese statesmen are declared to have been much pleased by the howuse’s reception to the appeal for fair ireatment of aliens and for abstention from legislative interference with th executive department in its efforts t rive at a settlement of the open sues Dbetween the two countries. I | | d_prohi- | i Proposition for New Treaty. Officials here are encouraged in the hope that the proceedings in the house have gone far to insure an early and satisfactory adjustment of all between the two governments. So far s is known, the only actual step that nas been taken a new the proposition that treaty shall be made declaring | the right of Japanese to hold land i | America on even terms with other for- | eigners. ZERO WEATHER CAUSES SUFFERING AT CHICAGO Ssventy-five Fires, Due Mainly i Overheated Stoves. to | chicago, ¥eb. s—zero the first of the season one death and caused { thousands of poor. toda: wave predicted by the u arrived last night ‘clock this morning the rewistered - seven degrees he mercury since then the zero mark. ires, mos them ed stoves and fur ept the fire department mov- all day. Tonight the department was badly crippled—mo; its mem- | bera suffering from frozen hands and weathes here—brought suffering ito The cold weather bu- at eight thermome below zero. has hovered Boston, Feb, $—The programme of | feet. Two Bpiscopal churches, the golden jubilee celobration by the | Chrystostom's and the Church of tha supreme lodge, Knights of Pythias, at ation, were damaged by fires. Washington, February 9, in observance v one death was reported to the of the fiftieth anniversary of the | police. Peter Gilman fell dead in a founding of the fraternity s an- | doorway. The ambulance surgeon nounced today by George W. Penni- | #aid death due to heart d man of this city, secretary of the gold- | superind cold en jubilee commission. The order was | Twenty-six hundred men were cared instituted in 1364 at Washington, | for tonight in the municipal lodging where two of the organizers, Abram | houses and as many more were tur Van Der Veer and Edward S. Kimball, | ¢d away, the police said. The bread sul: live. line, a private charity, contained mo; ‘iTie [rogrammo includes a reception | than a thousand men, mos any by President Wilson ai the White Might this vear. Fouse; an zddrest on “Fraternity” by — SE Becretary f State Bryan, past chan- | SECRETARY WILSON csllor of the Pythian lodge at Lincoin, | Neb.; and speeches by ~ Walter b, | ADDRESSES Y. M. C. A. e on, Jjima. Ohlo, Dast supreins | peclares Compulsory Arbitration Con- grand chancellor «f M nncsota: Rev. | trary to Spirit of Freedom. Allen A. Stockdale, Toledo, Ohio: | e Union L. Hunt, Indianaiolis; Major | \I-lu:stheui Muss, Feb. $.—Com Judges Edward C. Reynolds -and | peopis ot aooimg Gcpartment. T George N. Hanson' of Maine; William | bags “",m“,‘,',’ e a araes s W._Blackwell, Henderson, Ky.: Chas.| delivered to 2000 men this sfeermacs E. Ricie, Buffalo, N and Mrs. 1da | pefore S -h e afternoo Johnson. Central City. Ohio e e o -tnan o Chomas J. Cardin of Macon, Ga.. the | enforced arbitration. -conteare. fo. @i supreme chancellor, will conduct a | spirit of human freedom” and useloss special ritualistic service, assisted by | as a method of Drodncing. tad s officers of the supreme lodge. it 0 producing industrial Golden jubilee messages will be pre- | That peace will come, he sajd, when- sented by representatives from each of | ever {he proplem of " diatibation the 55 grand lodges of the order. solved. Within the past 150 years the _ Secretary iman says that the | problem of production has been prace jubilee . will be celebrated by every | ticaliy mastered, but methods —of Pythian lodge in North America, one | equi distribution are still to be of the features of the demonstration | devi When that is done and “the being the burning of the blue, yellow | Spirit of fair play” has been absorbed and red lights of Pythianism on more | by both capital and labor the woria than 26,000 altars. On the Sunday pre- | will have indusirial peac ceding and following the jubilee cele- | To help attain these ideals, Mr. Wi bration, all members of the order will | Son said, the new dopartment of lahor ‘ainpico | fact | from the | and rhaps | P ey | capital, and the other to the capture of General Juan Fran- | { | for the | of the Mexi They | studying nd appear 1o be de- | by outhward both at Torreon and Tampico. at President Huerta's calm attitude aft- r the lifting of the embargo on arms seemed o have gained him some sym- pathy, and in local financial centers it believed that he has slightly more bie prospects of obtalning mon- ugh perhaps indirectly, from Eu- ropean sour that he will tract from local sources many mil- lions. Of this he has made no e repeatedly saving that if the worst Zell he would take money could. The owners of haciendas adjoining the state of Mexico have been notified that they will be expected to loan the government money on their land, and it would cause no surprise if special taxes were imposed on all property in the capital and the other cities in which Huerta is still in control. The opinion is held here that the rebels in the north from now on will direct their energles along two lines of campaign—one looking to the capture of Torreon, Zacatecas, Aguas s and other towns in their patli“to the 4n assistance. Je- where he Tampico, with Monterey and San Luis Potosi as secondary cbjectives. Mexican A Versailles, Feb. S—Seventeen officers n army who have been ation here, received orders cable today to return to Mesico on the first steamer and rejoin their regi- ments. be able to ex- | \destroyed the Arcadia lod i the are convinced that the rebels are like- | attend special religious services. No Mere Shoe Strikes in Brockton, Brockton, Mas: 5.—Strikes the shoe manufact industry in this city are belicved to be a thing of past. With the announcement that two shoe manufacturing firms ave signed an arbit n agreeme with the Boot and Shoe Workers Un- ion, it became known today that all of the 30 manufacturers and 13,000 op- eraiives now stand obligated to em- ploy peaceful means of adjusting la- bor dispute: ing Memphis Bank Closes Its Doors. Memphis, Tenn, ieb. S.—Directors of the Mercantile Bank, considered one of the strougest there, tonight de- clared the bank insolvent and ordered that its doors remain closed tomor- row. Resolutions adopted by the bankers declared this action necessary “in view of the defaults of the pres- ident, C. H. Raine, this day discd ered. Aviation State Militia. Boston, Feb. §.—Plans are being for- mulated ‘for the establishment of an aviator detachment as part of the naval branch of the btate militia. Captain Daniel M. Goodridge of ton, chlef of the naval brigade, submit a bill to the legislature this week asking for the creation of an ac 1ial squad consisting of an aviation of ficer and ten brigade mechanicians, Elks Bury 18 Fire Victims. Boston, Feb. $.—The bodies of 18 unidentified victims of the fire that ing house were burled in Mount today under the direction lodze of Elks. The bod- laced in one zrave. over ment will bo crected. on Dec, cemetery of ihe local ies wore which a w- | will | Hope | was created. RECEIVER UNABLE | other Property of U. s. Cashier Com- pany is Also Missing. Portiand, e ¥ s. United 3 thrown in te d 13 proceedings, has no Hunt, receiver, could Also die’ and dynumos the company’s plani are ward C. Baker, former auditc company, but now, he asserts, ploye of the International chine Company of Indianapolis, is un- der arrest, charged with contéempt of court, because he refused o turn over the missing property or teil where it is. Appointment of a receiver follow- ed the filing of a suit by a stockholder charging that nearly all of the com pany’s $1,200.000 capital stock has been sold. with nothing to show for it but a $500,000 plant at Kenton, a Durb, The Company here and that James find today belonging nissing. ership ve books Bd- an e Money Ma OBITUARY. Giles Mandeville. Conn., ¥ —Gile of the oldest residents of died n the Old Peuple’s v, aged 99. He was foi a builder, but retired many immediate relatives Hartford, deville, oné this city, Home tods merly No Funston Takes Command Texas. Galveston, Texas, Feb. 8.—Brigadier General Frederick Funston toda: sumed command of the second hm € nhc(l States army, Major Ge William H. Qivis- arriy Rel arter. Man- | Condensed Teegrams | WOMAN SUFFRAGE IN SERATE TODAY Suffragettes Plan stration before congress May 9. it canal will operate. Arthur J. Holden President Wiison as postmaster in by Keene, N. H Pre: the Kenyon ton's “red Fire Saturday Destroyed the Kinz | number of bu Alberta. Edward hotel ness building Henry Lon Conditioh at rious asa result A Bill House of light” is Estimated 3 b and nother demon- e e ruems | Rasolution to Provide Constitutional Amendment Hian sssme First ltem On Calendar of Business Banfr, 14 Introduced Commons ident Wilson Saturday 3 ill abolishing Washing- district. signes rrold is in a se- | South Mancheste of compulsory in 1 the vaccination Canadian aimed to kill the cigarette industry in the Dominion. *| SENATORS INDICATE A DESIRE TO DISCUSS iT Effort to Repeal Free Tolls Provision of f;anama Canal Act Will Take Form This Week—Bill in Preparation—Pos- sibility of Special Message From President on Matier— Literacy Test to Encounter Opposition in Senate. O e O e 1 s ox. | - Washington, Feb. 8.—With theiry po ere is no Saturday charged with open. | Minds preoccupied with immnigration | doubt . arrying in the ing letters broblems, trust leislation, treaty. ob i opposition in i SN R ligations, and President Wil o A “Tango” Train, containing a car | termination for reversal of policy ou Sy ¥ fitted to allow dancing, will be. run | hm.md tolls question, administration F‘ght 0‘ Lites ary Test in Senate. from Chicago to the New Orleans | leaders in congress hud almost for N addition 1o anti-irust legisla- Mardi Gras, 21 sotten that they are face to fice with | fiVe Programme issue uppermost : gufftage questio in congres sent is immigration, E. M. Bell, an Aviator, who fell 300 | W resolution 2 e i » it feet while giving an exhibition | nstitutic amendment ex- | FeStriativ prac st alieady SR Meridian, Miss., on Jun. | tending suiva w u is first on | P S ar b, . ns; g e s PO [ iRereatendar of Brolnion o the sonate.| Méans out of the way. The meouts ik ¥ . | Senator Ashurst who is guiding the| Mittee has just taken it up determined Henry C. White an eminent member | $=\lii¢s of the resolution, dues not ex- | (G°% Mg 1, JCoions, Wil it | P of the Connecticut bar, died at his | 1 e L . R Lt 1B & fieht over the Uteras Bl tr home at New Haven Saturday Ill'm& i my I m of the re- intestinal trouble, aged 5§ vears ! ons s expec Jurestinal Tx H Repeal of Free Tolls Clause. . ons s expocted. A State-Wide Campaign hus heen | Senuior Ask will be on the alert | tion pro 1e are far from complete. opencd by AVellesley raduates In Wis- | when (he culehar s reached tomor- | Hearings on them will comthue Lofare 2omsin to raise funds for a million dol. | It here no| honse committ Ting the weelk, lar endowment r Wellesley colleg: e 3 lons o on | and a conferen W President Wil- st relative t s being urged By From Seven Capitals in Europe air- | n some of the der leaders. _To- men are to take flight simultancousls | Initiative ac morrow Frederick Straus of New York, on April 20, and all of them are to [ scction of the who was a of President Taft's make the Monte ( Their | ing Ame umission on 1 goal ! from tolls is exy 1 a. ! yre - — Ing. week c tes on interstate cc Mrs. Eliza Van Bramer, aged 101 | tie maitcr nos | the proposed bil! for federal control of years, 8 months, the oldest resident | der: by il of Pittsfield, Mass.. died at the home | }‘R( tHe Conference With President. of her daughter, Mrs. John Woodrow | clal age P e e turday & | Whether ne does o il to re- | confer wit t Wilson on teh Sea1: this: Foil. exempt tentative 2 measure to res- Eclipsing All Previous Records, ; Peal the t X ite Tioid . | being prepare proposed | American merchandise valued at $111.. o B e hoa: Arafied w 600,000 found markets in the non: | Fepeal s comain 1o inder- fynibit all for : = (:lr"h'\ of - ithe Silintte i current se ent among mocrats { but would p \Ln» acquil s-nou 1913 | Who voted for toil exempiion that re- | holding companies of stock in compet- Mrs. Flora Plumstead of Kenvil, X, | Peal of the law will he from the stand- ' ing concerns. A J.. was fined $300 for her connection i : With the death of her 16-year-old daughter, Ethel who died following | WORLD GROWING BETTER NEW YORK BROKER FOUND an illegal operation. DECLARES CHAMP GLARK.! BLEEDING IN COAL Bite Hazel H}!fl*m"- «‘fiir‘ of s Annoyed /by Statements That Priblic Gameikins: w Suicidal Aspect But Will uated with Charies Manning was 4 3 o veiled woman who shot and killed Mrs. | Men Are C . SNt e_(u Gosowec g Manning ut Newark. last Friday night | PR SRR e R IR Eho disd-ot phisoing SRRy deavor mass (o satisfy relatives of William . W i world was | Steadman, prominent New Yark Lo, Prewie) Bark o s “very day. e ald the | broker, who died lnst night under ctrt) women and girls ix the obiec ny. | 4 = ayadioly people took a-gloomy | cumstances Indicating suicide, Dr. .. ¢ York organigation £orHIed N ent | view: of the timen was ise the tel- |.A. Clarke, the medical examiner, said’ a general meeting of Women prominent | | iph enabled newspapers nowadays | tonight he would turn the facts of the in social and phi AR hara o & | to chronicle the aud disasters | case over to Corener John J, Phelan enator Norris' Resolution directing | of_all the world a few hours. |at I!rxdx‘e ort lr.w further inmestiga- (he inter-state commerce commission | The speake B o B Ty Ol ye he S pomcnatty i » continue its investigation of New Wide him more = L™ Hgt t ir. S De'rs s b T ey Aoy N oted on | People say that public men of the|vinced that Mr. Stedman ended his Haven railroad aflalrs WS Do iog | Dresent day were corrnpt. The people’s | iife and phys.cians at the Greenwich 5 turday by the senate in a mo 53 representatives Washin he said, | hospital share in this belief. Mr, form. F e *honest console rvants.” | Stedman had been under medical care = e or cent + sent | fo e wesks for & nervous A AL = Masting of the Villayw ceiiiass | UG -ime por cent of the thew SRS SAes eske for & nervaik SEEE of Notwalk' Wia, anuratiance Simm | {1 St come: 'a rex could him in coal bin in’ his Ronse, blecding sl frepiie B TR ot £ to dis-j from a jagged wound in his head ap- tango within the ¥llagé lmite & ale b sy parently made with the blunt end of demeanor punishable by fine an Discussin, | 3 -sulting | an_axe L it et m b scveral struggling | At (e hospital where ho was taken, _ | churches small town, Mr.| physicians found a jacknife imbedded The Board of Food and Drug In- | churches some dar to seo|in the wound in the skull. Dr. Clarke spection in the department of agricul- | the Christian of | thinks Mr. Stedman plunged the knife ture. which often was tile center of | M2 omT, Chun Baptist one great | into his head after he had wielded the | attack by Dr Viley, T R | beliefs, he said. | powerful Llow with the axe { chemist, has been abolished by frs e ame to warrant| ~Relatives of Mr. Stedman do net tary Houston. e 57 nm“(e [any specific statements, is b TP 3 said, but hav told the medical ex- Because of Failure (0 comply ot e the rules of the college auth | consTABLE'S DEPUTY 105, eith the, it Come 10 canneot probibiting the dancing of the KILLED BY A NEGRO. 243 have been suspended for a Negro Killed by Return Fire—Biood- | CIVILIAN GOT BULLET two. weeks hounds Pursuing Anotrer. INTENDED FOR CALLARDO, TO LOCATE BOOKS | The Department of Health ssued a warning wgainst q b. 8. Aarion Hast. | Barcelona Mob Fires Volley of Shots might seek to take advantage of the Bobeplli el e | Into Automobile. popular interest aroused by recent ex_ o ot periments with radium in the treat- Bward Toson, | Barcel Feb. S.—An attempt was ment of ca T ate: Just | made today to kill Senor Ossorio-Cale z lardo. who was gover £ Barcalona Morgan J. Fizherty.\one of the best ' Sio. 15 miles from *jar the t o disorders in 1909 known Maine newspapermen, died | Bivins. anotner nes = ex-governor wscaped, and in his Saturday of pneunt? in Detrolt, | gay by a aotee with bloodhounds. | Stead an inof itizen was shot Mich., to which city he went a year | ““According o reports received here | dead ; 1g0 as a member of the staff of the | jate today. two white men were fired| A serious nsued at the comelm- Detroit F | e esteriiay as they passed the megro| Sion of a mecting of the partisans of = settlement. Neither was injured, but| ARfonio Maura, former president, Thirty-Two Livery Horses used at | {he matter was reported to county au- | $IICH wis addressed by Senor Ossorio- Bar Harbor in the summer time. and | thorities, who went to the scene to ar- | Callardo. 60 tons of hay were destroyed Satur- rest the neeroes who had done the! A Ereal mob gaihered ou day by the burning of qne of the ' shooting. When Cassell and his depu- | Duilding and in spite of res winter stubles Nathan Nash Al | ties reached the settlement they were | Charses by the police the rioters fy Washington J on, Me. greeted with a volley, Bass falling dead | their way automobile in which = | at the first fire. ( and Larra- | s supposed the ex-governor was The Town of Peabody, Mass., wus!' more, although wounded, returned 1 A volley of revolver shots was directed by 4 jury_Saturday to pay | fire, killing Tyson. Bivins. said to have | 7ed into the machine, and when the mages fotalling $75.000 to residenis | mien part in the shooting, escaped. - | bodv of the victim was taken out it field and abutters on Sun- | i | was found to ve that of a civilian. Tn because the lake has been | TURES nor Ossorio-Cailardo ded to the Peabody water system. | O TEMPERATU roundabout route, EAST OF THE ROCKIES he Trial of Captain Berry of the s Morepante i e Y of D2 | Will Probably Continue Until Middle | THE BOSTON CHURCHES et with neglizence in the col_ of the Wesk, FILLED TO CAPACITY lision_which s the Old Dominion = liner Monroe, loss of 41 live Washington. Feb. Go to Church” Campaign Doubles week ago, will begin Wegdnesday bone 1 il 2 lom; Attendance at Many. Philadelphia ccording to the weather bureau ex —— perts. Tt tion of Feb. S.e-The “go-io-chureh William Delano Potter, the 17 year | atmospher North which has been waged fos old_son of the assistant librarian at | American cor adjacer eccks culminated todas in am | Harvard university, who disappeared | oceans.” said the weekly hudetin tc ittendance of more tharg from Milton Academy ~ Wednesday such as o indicate tempe 100,000 person. the forenoon ser- was found Eaturday on board the considerabiy below the season- |vices in the Protestaiit churches of barge Hampshire where he had sign- | able avera ntil the middle of the ity, with cqually large out- S 3 | Week east of the Rocky Mountains and | povging hippers in the cities g 2m0 | temperatures near the seasonable ave- | ang lowns within 15 miles of the state Vouchers of Counsel and managers | on the Pacific sioj house. of the Sulzer impeachment trial. ag- LR IERY All the o reporied congrega- gregating $160,000, we:): filed Satu " 1 tions that he seating capacity, day with the approval of the attorney | Stemnsaip Arivelen the actendance in many cases being general, bringing the total expense of | vk, Feb. S.—Steamer Megan- | double the average number. that proceeding to $235,000 with a | tic, Liverpool | Most of the city churches provided number of bills still unadjusted. | FHalifax. X. § -Steamer | automobiles and carriages to bring the £ Uranium, Rotterdam. .., |aged and infirm to the services. For Four Hundred Thousand, prairic Philadelphia, Feb. teamer Car-|weeks the newspapers have aided im dogs To (B Cothetaperailt J P Z A8 the campaign and the “go-to-church® tional forests in Colorado and the Tu~~ Steamers Berlin.| glogan ha: isplayed on all sides ayan and Co conino fo Agriculture since its ca The Purchase by P. A. B. Widener delphla of the hael, of Phi Madonna” b uable picture ever for a sum country, | for a single encamped ut { country. It Express c from the | post office at Rap) art mpany. of & o) new br. t s he tr: stat ts in Arizona have been killed by the department of mpaign of des- truction was declared on the rodents. ought ompan to car insied, Conn. the- most val- this d to be in ex cess of '$700,000, creates a record price transaction in this o Business Decreased by the op- eration of the parcel post the Adams erstond sees business out Satu the ma maii w York.s s.—Steamer Cedric New York. Trieste. Teb. New York. Dover, F New York CREMATED WHILE PREPARING DINNER Body of New Haven Housewife Burn~ ed Beyond Recognition, Steamers Reported by Wireless. New Haven, Conn., Feb, §. Cape Race,%N. F. Feb. §.—Steamier | vira J. Beers, aged Patris, Patris for New York, signalled 1,496 miles east of Sandy Hook at 5.55 9. m. Dock £.30 a. m. Friday. Siasconset, Mass, Feb. f—Steamer Cameronia, Glasgow for New signailed 354 miles ea: New York. Feb, Frederich Wilhelm, York. signalied 38 miles « Hook 4t noon. Dock Steamer E I Pannonia mer TLapland, | Ars. El- 77, widow of Ed- son Beers, was purned to death at her home, 114 Blatchler Avenue, as she was Dreparing her nogn-day meal to- day. XNo one was in the houge at the York, | time. Neighbors saw smoke of Sandy Fook | from the doorway = and Touna the Kitchen afire. The blaze was quickiy Prinz | extingaished. When the smoke New | ed the charred body of Mrs. Beers was andy | found on the floor. She was bu Tues- | beyoud recogmition. The e f ] v en for st of S

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